I remember reading that Amir Khan had screwed up (fight wise or behind the scenes, I dont know) and that was the reason why he was moving to IPPV.

The UFC will do well on Sky. They can be flexible in giving the UFC plenty of airtime on their four HD sports channel and if the UFC can put in a Prelims on Sky One, even better.

In general, I dont believe the UK PPV market is sustainable. I'd love to see the numbers but I havent seen any continuing shift of moving major events over to PPV. It's only the big, big boxing fights that are on Pay Per View, and WWE. Even the Pacqaio vs Marquez fight was on normal Sky Sports. I dont think the UFC will be on PPV if it goes to Sky.

It would be interesting to know the numbers they did on Bravo where there was a taped delay on Sunday nights compared to ESPN numbers in the wee small hours. It would have been cool to see how they would have done if they had a deal with Eurosport as it is another channel that most people have access to and they have done mma in the past.

BigTedBear -
It would be interesting to know the numbers they did on Bravo where there was a taped delay on Sunday nights compared to ESPN numbers in the wee small hours. It would have been cool to see how they would have done if they had a deal with Eurosport as it is another channel that most people have access to and they have done mma in the past.

Many will disagree but Eurosport would be the best solution for the UFC, because it covers the whole Europe.

Maybe the UFC wants to make individual deals with each country to maximize the profit, but if they really want to spread the UFC name and gain popularity in Europe, Eurosport would be the best solution.

Sky Italy recently dropped the UFC, after experimenting with PPV that made utter low numbers, apparently Mediaset is picking it up (major italian tv network, owned by Berlusconi...) and going to show it on their premium channels, i dont know yet whether it's going on ppv but i doubt it.

Looking like it could be FOX then. Alot of the non SKY branded entertainment channels are owned by UKTV, Universal, CBS and Paramount. You'd assume that the UFC want to enhance their relationship with FOX by agreeing a UK TV deal.

Premier Sports is only availble on SKY which would isolate virgin and freeview fans.

Eurosport have shown K-1 and Strikeforce before so they could be down for a deal.

I'd be amazed if Garry Cook has pulled off a deal with any of the ITV or CH 5 channels.

Also came accross this article on what GC is looking for from the next UK TV partners http://bit.ly/WVB3FD

I was under the impression Eurosport tailored there content however I could be wrong as for nobody watching it they were showing K1 and have showed mma in the past. Let's be honest if it was on you would watch it there wasn't much else on bravo back when they showed it. Even channel five were showing some highlight shows a while I think they had some main events.

The problem if it was Eurosport would be the lack of promotion. The whole point is to grow the sport and you're not going to find new viewers on Eurosport. I can't remember the last time I watched that channel. Obviously with the majority of the major sports being on Sky, they would expose those fans to MMA. Anyone know where to find peak number of Sky Sports viewers compared to Eurosport?

DOMINANTDAN#1FAN - The problem if it was Eurosport would be the lack of promotion. The whole point is to grow the sport and you're not going to find new viewers on Eurosport. I can't remember the last time I watched that channel. Obviously with the majority of the major sports being on Sky, they would expose those fans to MMA. Anyone know where to find peak number of Sky Sports viewers compared to Eurosport?

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